caulfield12

Funny, but Ned Yost specifically mentioned how Jeff Samardzija beaned one of his players right after a homer and absolutely nothing happened to him....so not sure how the White Sox exactly have the moral ground. Remember, the Sox also didn't lose a player from their starting line-up as a result of a controversial Lawrie late slide with his spikes a bit higher than they should have been into a key middle infielder, either.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Apr 19, 2015 -> 05:49 AM) Can't forget Linebrink, fits right in with these scrubs Except he was a major reason we reached the playoffs 2008... He was near Politte 2005 level pre-injury.

Ventura hit Lawrie intentionally and was promptly tossed...lets see what Sunday brings. Textgate....who is lying? http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansa...le18882678.html

Why is Buehrle gettin punished for being pushed out when Konerko is rewarded? In the end, Mark will get more Hall of Fame votes surely.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 06:57 PM) If he continues, can we see by mid season/end of the season a rotation of Sale, Samardzija, Quintana, Johnson, Rodon? That could be filthy. Edit: Also, big thing I see, 0 walks from Johnson tonight. Depends on their willingness to eat $20 million on Danks and/or the court of public and media opinion...fan frustration levels, attendance trends, etc. If you've really got Johnson, Rodon, Montas, Danish, Adams and Beck/Fry/Trexler/R.Leyer (outside looking in) as legit starting prospects, that would be a huge improvement from 2-3 years ago.

QUOTE (3GamesToLove @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 02:00 PM) I can't even unpack what this means. The real problem, of course, is that the fans who remember seeing those guys play are dead. Dick Allen is the owner of perhaps the greatest offensive season in Sox history, and I know he is sometimes credited with saving the franchise, but his stay was much too brief to warrant inclusion on a Mount Rushmore. Crede and Rowand aren't even close. What I mean is that double play combination was the heart of the White Sox lore many of us grew up with....hearing stories about the late 50s/early 60s teams from some favorite uncle or grandfather. Just their style of play and the way they complemented each other. Oscar Gamble, Ron LeFlore, Rudy Law, Tim Raines, One Dog, Rodney McCray, Claudell Washington, jJorgeOrta, Ralph Garr And it should be Warren The Deacon Newson, Norberto Paco Martin, Grebeck/Willie Harris and Pablo Ozuna for the super utility/bench Rushmore.

Leyer seems like he has the potential follow the Montas track last year...hes a really big dude, right? Guess not, 6'2" 175. Are they using him as a starter or reliever now? http://www.mlbfarm.com/player.php?player_i...&position=P Seems hes had a lot of issueswith mechanics, command/control...delivery repeatability. Thats the wrong Leyer, Euclides not Robinson. Maybe another potential late season bullpen addition. Still gave up 4 runs but no walks, 6 ks.

C.Peter, A.Engel and Barnum all off to great starts. Adams is the main concern right now, but its early.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansa...le18863337.html Holland out with pectoral strain. Pino and OF Calixte up (replacing Fuentes). Sacrificing one of their track team members for infield versatility.

Cubs Rondon just blew a 6-2 lead... Bryant 1/6 now with three walks in two games.

Bryant error. 14/27 now against Cabrera for Melky....all below the knees.

Ramirez bad baserunning...read...now a stupid challenge. Off the end of the bat. Video man has to be on the verge of getting fired in the middle of the game.

Nobody there to cover 1b...giving Cabrera a shot with a runner on base. Sale or Micah need to get there.

13/26 Melky lifetime vs. Sanchez. Four hrs this year....4 all last season against Anibal.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 11:39 AM) I would absolutely love for balta or DA to throw this in my face in October after the Sox win the World Series, but I hate this Sox team so far. Nothing worse than a boring team that plays stupid and lacks energy. They're digging themselves into a hole that might be too big to get out of in the division. So predictable for an offensive failure with risp to lead to a big momentum change the next half inning. Its more unexpected when it doesnt occur, almost. What the heck was Avi doing there....jesus. Guess the winds are really causing havoc.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 11:23 AM) This just keeps getting more irritating. The Sox keep making it look like it was a really complex play. When it doubt in that situation, challenge it! http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/ventur...e-all-missed-it No confidence they learned anything to prevent the same thing from happening again in the future. Bad luck as an excuse doesnt cut it for increasingly frustrated fans of this franchise.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 11:34 AM) It was actually a closer play then I thought it would be. And like I said, Cabrera doesn't take 2nd if Flowers catches the ball, plain and simple. Short hops arent simple plays for any catcher...lots of unpredictable bounces when you throw the ball into the ground.

26 high stress pitches for Sale and counting. Not boding well...cant sustain that velocity past the 5th or 6th in all likelihood.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 11:31 AM) Not really, Cabrera was not going to take 2nd on the throw until Flowers decided not to do his job Eatons not going to get the runner...keep Cabrera at 1b. Baseball fundamentals 101.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 11:25 AM) Sale is fired up. Pumping 98 a few times now. Too bad LaRoche wasnt.

More terrible baseball from Eaton. Sale limited Cabrera to 0/9 with 7 ks last year.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 10:41 AM) So again its robins fault that the offense has 6 players hitting below 200. His fault that the 2014 AL ROY and 4th place finish in MVP is hitting .206. His fault that the 2 of the sox better starting pitchers are getting hit around. So having a incompetent review team is robins fault. I'm pretty sure he doesn't hire the review guys. Thats the work off either the tv group like comcast of the upper command from the white sox that puts the review guys in place. The long line of gaffes we've been viewing isnt just the 3 plus years that robin has been here but before him. Im about 100% sure Comcast nor Bob Grim have anything to do with an internal video replay review team or group. Thats baseball ops.

Yes, I blame it all on Buddy Bell! "The buck stops here." Truman meant it. Obama did too, but it was already too late. So it remains to be seen if the same thing holds true for magically fixing everything that ails the Sox before things get too far out of hand in 2015. We didnt see Robin taking any responsibility for fixing major internal problem that cost a game yesterday...great managers would never blame the replay guys for a failure of their own gut/instinct/intuition. Its called deflecting blame or not holding yourself responsible.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 08:33 AM) 1) Thanks a lot, I spent some time on this 2)I'm not entirely sure that Wiseman or Long will drop that much but anything is possible, they were ranked in the same area of where our Sox were picking in a recent draft board I used to mock, I love Wiseman as a prospect, he has room for power and already is a solid contact hitter with plus speed a cannon arm and a terrific glove, they're both round 2-5 prospects in my opinion and around 3-4 on most draft boards. 3) I'd love Swanson too, great all around player and probably the top college position player, he'd immediately improve our already on the rise farm system, the only downside is the log jam our system has of almost MLB-ready middle infielders, he'd only add to that (Johnson, Sanchez, Saladino, Anderson, etc.) 4) I ignorantly don't know where they'll be drafted, but after some research Scott Kingery is my favorite of that trio, it looks like Newman is a potential top 5-10 pick after a great season and Kingery has comparisons to Kinsler and Pedroia for his swing, size, wrists, defense, and bat speed, Kingery looks like a supplemental pick so or Sox won't have a shot with him, if Swanson, Bregman, Buehler, Fulmer, and f***houser re still on the board at #8, I'd rank them as Buehler>Swanson>Fulmer>Funkhouser>Bregman for our Sox I love the new look Sox system since '13 after dominating on all phases: Draft (Anderson, Danish, Lowry, Mitchell, May in '13; Rodon, Adams, Austin, Jarvis, Fry, Trexler, Peter in '14), International (Adolfo, Alfaro, Nunez, Mercedes, Mota); and trades (Montas, Davidson, Sanburn, Rondon, Ynoa), I look forward to what '15 brings with the 8th overall pick, north of 5.3 million to spend on the draft, a trade-able John Danks, north of 3.4 millon to spend internationally, and already likely power hitting 16 years old Dominican RF Franklin Reyes, this system is underrated in my opinion, lot better than when KW traded for guys like Castro and Nestor Molina and Hynick, what wastes, Hahn just gets value after value (my only flaw under Hahn has been signing Jeff Keppinger to so much, Davidson for Reed was a good thought and still might pan out) Good post....Belisario might have been okay as well if not forced into closer's role. Paulino wasnt a loss of much. You can probably put overpaying Bonifacio at a position with high relative depth..but another OF injury puts him more into play fwiw. And otoh, youd probably prefer to see what Trayce can do if the Sox are out of it in mid-May. Does anyone know what injury Ynoa suffered his last outing?

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 12:13 AM) great job.... a big question, do you think Wiseman and Long would drop that much. getting Swanson would make this draft extremely nice, if the sox can pick him. what are your thoughts on the 3 positional players from Arz, Newman, Scott Kingery, Dalbec ??? Kingery is related to Mike who played mostly for Sea?